Match books



M. PARIDON MACHINE. FOR MAKING MATCH BOOKS July 10, 1923.

Sheets-Sheet 1 July 10, 1923.

M. PARIDON MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH BOOKS s sheets-sheet 2 Filed Feb. 27, 1922 July. 10, 1923.

' M. PARIDON momma FOR MAKING mvrcn BOOKS 3 heets-Sheet 5 Patented July 10, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

MICHAEL PARIDON, 0F BARBERTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH BOOKS.

Application filed February2'7, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL PARIDON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Match Books, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for making match-books, having reference, more especially, to the machine described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,042,472, dated. October 29, 1912.

The object of the present invention is to provide simple and ellicient means whereby the match strips, instead of being manually supplied to the mechanism preparatory to each strip setting operation thereof, as in the patented machine, can be supported in a pile and the lowermost strip or strips be automatically removed from the pile and properly positioned \in the strip cutting path, thus materially increasmg the speed and the output of the machine in a given period of time.

To that end, my invention, generally stated, consists in the provision of means whereby match strips can be superimposed one upon another in advance of the cutting mechanism and in the active path of the positioning plunger, and of a barrier located between the strips and said mechanism and operable at predetermined intervals to provide a threat through which the lowermost strip, or a plurality of strips, can be readily pushed by the plunger into the cuttmg path.

The invention also comprises novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described 7 its rearward position.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the strip and card setting plungers, the movable Serial No. 539,560.

strip barrier and its supporting and actuating mechanism, and adjuncts.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a suitable supporting frame, including a table 11 upon and along which is guided the upper run of an endless carrier comprising a chain of links 12 whereof each is constructed to receive and support a match book cover, as 13, and a match card or cards, as 14. At a station of the machine cover blanks, each folded at one end, are inserted into the adjacent links of the carrier, and at a succeeding station match strips, as 15, heads forward, are fed to the cutting path and divided into successive card lengths, each length when out being placed in the carrier.

The chain is intermittently driven by suitable mechanism comprising, in the present instance, a gear wheel 16 in mesh with rack teeth 17 on the links. The studshaft of the gear wheel 16 bears a pinion 18 in mesh with the gear face of a pin wheel 19 on a lower stud shaft 20, the pins of which wheel 19 co-act with a suitable cam 21 on the main shaft 22 of the machine.

A plunger 23, which is guided on a forward extension 24 of the table, is connected at its respective ends by means of links 25 with two arms 26 loosely mounted on a shaft 27 fixed in brackets depending from the table. One of the arms is connected by means of a link 28 with a rock-arm 29 which is loosely supported on the drive shaft 22. On this arm is a roller 30 which engages a face cam 31 on a longitudinal shaft 32 bene-ath the table. This shaft 32 is driven from the shaft 22 through co-acting gear wheels (not shown) on the respective shafts. The plunger 23 is held yieldingly in its rearward position by means of a spring 33 which is secured to one of the arms 26 and to the table 11; and the contour of the cam is such that at the proper interval the plunger 23 is retracted thereby. A cover plate 34 on the table extension overhangs the plunger.

Match strips 15 placed on the table 11, rearwardly of and in the path of the plunger, are pushed toward the carrier and positioned with their margins below the out ting mechanism including spaced-apart reciprocating cutters 35.

The cutters are constructed and operated to sever the strips into match cards, which cards as they are out are pushed into the covers in alinement therewith in the carrier, by means of a supplemental plunger 36 reciprocative transversely of the table. This card-setting plunger 36 is connected to a slide-plate 37 which is coupled by a linlc 38 with the upper arm of a lever 39 loosely hung on the shaft 27. The lower arm of the lever is connected by means of a link 40 wit-h a rock-arm l1 pivoted on a bracket 42 on the base l3 of the supporting frame. On this rock-arm ll is a roll 4-1 which ongages a face cam as on the drive shaft 22, the contour of the cam groove being such as to effect the timely reciprocation of the card setting plunger 36 after the cards have been cut.

The match strips when in rearward position on the table are advanced at intervals longitudinally of the table and beneath the cutting mechanism preparatory to the cutting of succeeding cards from the strips. all as fully shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,042,472 aforesaid.

According to my present invention I mount in advance of the cutting mechanisn'i a movable element which constitutes a rearward barrier for a. pile of match strips superimposed one upon another on the cable and in front of the barrier. This element is operable at predetermined intervals to provide a throat through which the lowermost strip, or a plurality of strips, can be readily pushed by the plunger 23 into the cutting path.

In the machine herein illustrated two separate match strips in spaced endwise relation to each other, or two similarly spaced pairs of superposed match strips, are simuL taneously delivered to the cutting path by the plunger 28, and hence provision is made for the support and control of two piles of match strips in respect to the travel of the plunger.

The barrier preferably comprises two brush members supported in spaced relation to each other upon a vertically movable rockframe in such a manner as to rest normally upon the table forwardly of the cutting path and within'the path of the end of the plunger during its rearward travel. Each brush member is composed of a mass of bristles d6 clamped between rigid front and back plates 47, the lower ends of the bristles depending below the plates and presenting an extended resilient body, as at 48. The brush is secured to the rearward bar 49 of the rockframe, the side bars 50 thereof extending forwardly and being pivoted, as at 51, to upstanding lugs 52 on the cover 34. Fast to the side bars 50 are depending cam plates 53 the lower ends of which rest upon bosses 54- on the respective sides of the plunger 23 and are inclined rearwardly and downwardly so that during the forward stroke of the plunger, the bosses 5 L gradually raise the cam plates and therewith the rock-frame and its brush members.

The match strips are piled on the table directly in front of the brush members and in rear of the plunger 23, the heads of the matches being forward and the uncut margins rearward, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The active end of the plunger 23 is of sullicient thickness to contact with the heads of the lowermost two strips of each pile, and the inclination of the cam surfaces of the plates 53 is such that in the initial rearward movement of the plunger the brush members are su'lliciently raised to enable the marginal portions of such lowermost strips to be advanced by the plunger, and then as the rearward motion of the plunger continues the brush members are raised still farther to permit the headed ends of the matches together with the active end of the plunger to pass under said members; the plunger thus bodily pushing the ejected strips into the cutting path and at the same time supporting on its upper surface the remaii'iing strips of the supply in front of the brush members.

When the plunger in its forward or return stroke escapes the overlying strips, such strips sink upon the table and the brush members resume their down position until the succeeding active stroke of the plunger upon the next opposing strips of the piles, and so 011.

The brush members present a yielding resilient surface to the strips, including the enlarged match heads, as the strips are being pushed forward by the plunger.

Preferably longitudinally-(lisposcd bars are fastened on the inner end of the cover plate 3% so as to prevent accidental forward displacement of the piles of match strips.

It is to be understood that I do not limit my invention to the details of construction above described, as the mechanism may be modified within the principle of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a book-match machine, the combination with a support for a pile of match strips, a strip cutting mechanism, a plunger, and means for reciprocating said plunger to eject the lowermost strip or strips from the pile and position such strip or strips in the cutting path, of a strip barrier movable into and from the path of the plunger, said barrier being located above the support and forwardly of the cutting mechanism, and means for raising said barier at predetermined intervals to provide a throat for the passage of the strip or strips to the cutting path.

2. In a book-match machine. the combination with a support for a pile of match strips, a strip cutting mechanism, a. plunger, and means for reciprocating said plungor to eject the lowermost strip or strips from the pile and position such strip or strips in the cutting path, of a strip barrier movable into and from the path of the plunger, said barrier being located above the support and forwardly of the cutting mechanism and comprising an element having a flexible lower edge portion, and means for raising said barrier at pre determined intervals toprovide a throat for the passage of the strip or strips to the cutting path.

3. In a book-match machine, the combination with a support for a pile of match strips, a strip cutting mechanism, a plunger, and means for reciprocating said plunger to eject the lowermost strip or strips from the pile and position such strip or strips in the cutting path, of a strip barrier movable into and from the path of the plunger, said barrier comprising a brush structure located above the support and forwardly of the cutting mechanism, and means for raising said barrier at predetermined intervals to provide a throat for the passage of the strip or strips to the cutting path.

4. In a book-match machine, the combination with a support for a pile of match strips, a strip cutting mechanism, a. plunger,

and means for reciprocating said plunger to eject the lowermost strip or strips from the pile and position such strip or strips in the cutting path, of a strip barrier located above the support and forwardly of the cutting mechanism and comprising an element having a flexible lower edge portion, an oscillatory frame supporting said element, and means whereby said frame is periodically oscillated during the reciprocations of the plunger.

5. In a book-match machine, the combination with a support for a pile of match strips, a strip cutting mechanism. a plunger, and means for reciprocating said plunger to eject the lowermost strip or strips from the pile and position such strip or strips in the cutting path, of a strip barrier located above the support and forwardly of the cutting mechanism and comprising an ele ment having a flexible lower edge portion, an oscillatory frame supporting said element, cams on said frame, and means on the plunger co-acting with said cams to raise the frame and permit its descent during alternate strokes of the plunger.

Signed at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, this 20th day of February, A. D. 1922.

MICHAEL PARIDON. 

